IN the comments thread following my article published at On Line Opinion yesterday, someone asked: “Does Jennifer believe that NASA and the UN are faking temperature data?” I replied: “I don't believe that NASA and the IPCC are faking the data: I … [Read more...] about Speaking Truth to Power, and Correcting Brian Cox
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Auditor-General Dismisses Need for Scrutiny of Bureau’s Homogenization Methodology
SURFACE air temperatures, as measured at weather stations across Australia, are routinely remodeled through a process of homogenization. After the remodeling of approximately 100 individual temperature series, various area weightings are applied to … [Read more...] about Auditor-General Dismisses Need for Scrutiny of Bureau’s Homogenization Methodology
Her Best Memories Were of Lying on the Sand in Dry Creek Beds, Watching the Stars
When I was at University in Brisbane in the early 1980s, some of my friends used to going skiing during the winter holidays; the two or three weeks in June or July between semesters. I assumed I didn’t have enough money for skiing, and anyway I was … [Read more...] about Her Best Memories Were of Lying on the Sand in Dry Creek Beds, Watching the Stars
Accepting Regional Variability in Global Temperatures
IN the very first report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the Medieval Warm Period was evident as a period, about as warm as the present, occurring from AD 950 to 1250. In subsequent IPCC reports there is no … [Read more...] about Accepting Regional Variability in Global Temperatures
Imminent Catastrophe: a poem by Clive James
The imminent catastrophe goes on Not showing many signs of happening. The ice at the North Pole that should be gone By now, is awkwardly still lingering, And though sometimes the weather is extreme It seems no more so than when we were … [Read more...] about Imminent Catastrophe: a poem by Clive James
Satellite-based global temperatures, trending up
LEADING climate scientists were not acknowledging “the pause” in global warming, even though it was very apparent in the satellite-based temperatures of the lower troposphere. That was until last month. The February update to this satellite record … [Read more...] about Satellite-based global temperatures, trending up